Tag: representatives
Ekiti 2022: Fayemi’s ex-campaign DG joins Bamidele, lauds contributions to APC
A former Director-General, Kayode Fayemi Campaign Organisation, Bimbo Daramola, on Wednesday, collapsed his political structure to back the governorship ambition of a National Assembly...
House leadership berates absentee Reps, urges lawmakers to be more dutiful
The leadership of the House of Representatives has berated members who sponsor bills or have reports to lay but are absent from plenary on...
Reps want new doctors recruited to replace those leaving Nigeria
The House of Representatives has called for the recruitment of medical personnel to replace doctors and other health workers, who have quit Federal Government...
ASUU: Reps Summons Finance, Education Ministers As Fresh Strike Looms
The House of Representatives has wielded into the controversy between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
This comes after ASUU...
Malami didn’t force us to convert NNPC funds at N305 per...
Keystone Bank has denied reports that the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), forced it to convert the $1...
Mali expels ECOWAS representative
Mali’s interim government has expelled the representative of West African bloc ECOWAS from the conflict-ridden and coup-prone country, the government said, over actions incompatible...
2023: I Didn’t Speak Against Tinubu’s Ambition – Shina Pellar
Shina Peller has denied reports that he is against the choice of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a presidential candidate in the 2023 general...
Reps back Senate, ask Buhari to designate bandits as terrorists
The House of Representatives has also asked the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to designate bandits, who have dominated the North-West and parts...
Awolowo’s prophecies coming to pass in Lekki, says Sanwo-Olu
The Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said the prophecies of the late sage and Premier of the old Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo,...
Reps probe $3.2bn Port Harcourt-Maiduguri rail project, grill NRC, contractors
An Ad Hoc Committee of the House of Representatives has queried the award Port Harcourt-Maiduguri narrow gauge railway project for the $3.2bn when there...
Reps summon NNPC, CBN, FIRS, EFCC, others over illicit financial flows
The House of Representatives has resolved to invite various departments and agencies of the Federal Government over illicit financial flows in Nigeria to review...
House of Reps seeks postponement of 2021 census
The House of Representatives on Wednesday asked the Federal Government to immediately put a halt to plans to conduct national census in view of...
Break-up will worsen Nigeria’s problems -Bugaje
A former member of the House of Representatives, Usman Bugaje, has warned against the division of Nigeria.
He explained that the break-up of the country...
Presidency battles to save Pantami as Reps plan debate
The Presidency may have ruled out the possibility of sacking the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami.
The Presidency said Pantami’s ordeals were...
FG sets up committee as resident doctors agree to end strike
The Federal Government has set up a committee to smoothen out the payment of resident doctors by removing the irregularities encountered in the process.
The...
Arms funds probe: Finally, Army chief appears before Reps
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, is currently appearing before the House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee on the Need to Review...
Labour To Reps: Drop Controversial Minimum Wage, Make Only Responsible Laws
The organised labour yesterday again asked the House of Representatives to drop the controversial minimum wage bill, urging the legislators to make only responsible...
Malami, Bawa summoned over forfeited assets’ transfer to AGF office
THE House of Representatives has summoned the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, to come forward and explain the...
National Assembly Is Broke, Needs Bigger Budget To Be Efficient –...
According to a report by The PUNCH, the House of Representatives has said the National Assembly is underfunded to function efficiently and effectively as...
NNPC must account for N1.3t ‘illegally’ deducted in 2017 – Reps
The House of Representatives has stated the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC) must account for N1.3 trillion, which it allegedly illegally deducted from the Federation...